The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-10
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

In the month of January there were ,2G6 car
loads of grain handled at the l., D. s. S. elevator,
against AGO the corresponding month. 1886
l.. L. McCloskey has been appointed division
freight and passenger agent Of the Atlanta and
Charlotte division of the Richmond & Danville |
system
G. W. Chears, assistant general passenger
agent of the Richmond & Danville road, has |
abolished.
have taken full possession and yesterday COM
menced to operate it under the name OF the
Terre Haute 6 Peoria road.
Notice is given that hereafter the Eastern |
lines out of Indianapolis will ship eggs only at
actual weight, which is equal to an advance of
cents per 100 bounds on this class of freight.
William Orr, for some time past the secretary
of the Middle and Western States Freight Asso-
citation, on Monday assumed the position OF
commercial agent OF the Wabash railway in Chi |
cago.
Superintendent Spellman of the New Orleans
Shell Beach road yesterday notified j. r. Elder,
president of the road, that on Monday next they
would begin to run trains over portion of the
extension.
The Indiana Midland road yesterday received
twenty new ears from the Ohio car works, and
will next week receive twenty more which will
present
volume of business
The interstate-commerce bill is to go into eff
feet Immediately as far as the provisions OF the
bill concerning the appointment and erganiza-
ton of the commission are concerned The re-
naming provisions are to go into effect In sixty
days.
w. s. Cappellar, the newly appointed commits
sioner of Railroads and Teegraphs for Ohio, has
named as his chief clerk r. J. Tanning, of Co
lumbus Mr.. Tanning is at present one of the
clerical force in the Pittsburg, Cincinnati % st.
Louis railway Office.
committee of the National Car.builders' AS
| ISOLATION met at Pittsburg yesterday and fixed
Burlington, Ia, the place. and May as the
date, for the air brake test In addition to the
four brakes tried at the last test, six others will
be tried this year.
kilograms received here from Cincinnati yes
terday were of pronounced character as to
make it no longer question as to the G., II. d
d. people building an extension from Richmond,
Ind, to a connection with the Cincinnati, Wa
bash s. Michigan road.
The B. & o. Kankakee Dispatch continues to
do land-office business. Their orders FOR cars
yesterday were 600 in excess of the cars to be
had to fill them. General Manager Noonan
states that the business is all carried at full
tariff rates. which is probably true, as the most
OF it originates on the western division of the
c., l., ST. L. & c.
Should the purchasers of the Wabash carry
out their programme and secure che possession
IL
Judge Cooley will be appointed and accept the
position one of the commissioners under the
interstate commerce bill better man and
one who would be more satisfactory to the rail
road fraternity, could not well be selected.
r. H Soule's successor as SUPERINTENDENT of
motive power of the Erie is to be j. w. Cloud.
whose appointments takes effect on the 18th inst
Mr.. Cloud has been in the service of the Pennsy-
vania for ten years as engineer OF tests at AL
toona, and during the past year has been me-
! ChaDlcal q
the Erie know where to look for good timber
Railroad employees far their opinions
have been taken, are not in favor of the pay
ment of their wages weekly or even semi-week
| ly The method of frequent payment is in
vogue in Massachusetts,, and the general feeling
| is that the men, especially railroad men, have
| not profited by the arrangement, and would
| gladly 60 back to the monthly payment system.
| Superintendent of Motive Power and Machin-
cry j. 3. Barnes and Master Mechanic Win S.
/ Morris very much regret that they had to sus-
pend the large number of men tbs Wabash,
but the orders received by Mr.. Barnes from the
| management had to be executed Mr. Barnes
says that it will be only few days when all of
| the suspended men will be reinstated, as the
business outlook for the Wabash is very f1atter-
ing.
In naming the rate to distant point there is
some difficulty which agents have to essounter
hence the great necessity of the general Ron
ayers and general freight agents meeting as early
as practicable after the commission give their
construction of the interstate In and adjust the
| basis OF rates. There are to. day three hundred
shippers at this point who are at sea as to what
contracts they shall enter into lest through the
!, provisions Of the law rates will be SO high to
make it 8 losing game for them to enter into
any long contracts.
Grain men at this point practically doing
nothing in east-bound shipments. Rates are so
badly off at Chicago and other points, they state,
that the grain men of Indianapolis cannot sue
cessfully compete with the other markets. For
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ably left in the lurch for days and sometimes
weeks before the roads out of here will shade
rates to enable them to do any business. The
interstate commerce bill cannot damage Indian
apolis in this direction more than it does suffer
under the present arrangement
A circular was issued to-day from the centra
Offices Of the Lake Shore 6 Michigan Southern
Railroad Company saying that March the
separate offices ee general passenger and ticke
, agent will be abolished. A. j. Smith has beer
appointed general passenger and ticket agen
and E. c. Luce has Been made his assistant
Mr.. Smith WAS at the head of the passenger de
partment of the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincin
natl & Indianapolis road. Mr.. Luce has hereto
fore held the position Of general ticket agent q
, the Lake Shore. The general passenger agents
Office of the Lake Shore will be removed from
Chicago to Cleveland.
Of late the aggressveness OF the old express
companies is matter over which there is mucl
} favorable comment Within the last few day.
the Adams Express Company has been lengthen
ing its lines and strengthening its stakes in thu
Middle States, and the American Express Com
pany is doing the thing in New England
D The concentration of the express business is a
much benefit to the public as to the companie
themselves. Express companies are entitled t,
a good deal OF credit for the improved method
D of transacting business. There is one thing Ger
tainly to their credit when they absorb small
, fry express companies they reduce rates to tn,
patrons of such lines rather than increase them
the express companies have reduced the rate
| express parcels so that thew are now carries
0 for one-haf the rates charged by local companie
In times past; introduced the through-car system
to far distant business centers; introduced tn
U cheap money sosder system and also the passeu
ger baggage in bond system. whereby the DELAY
n of custom houses are avoided; also many other
improvements. which are fully appreciated and
! understood by those who have business relation
with them In olden times most of the expires
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